10 May 2010 Iraq attacks

2010 terrorist incident in Iraq January 2021 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Baghdad, Mosul, Basra, Fallujah, Iskandariyah, Al Tarmia, Suwayrah, Samarra. Iraq various 10 May 2010 UTC+3 coordinated bomb detonations, suicide car bombings, targeted killings, shootings 114+ 350+ AQMI Flag asymmetric.svg Islamic State of Iraq The 10 May 2010 Iraq attacks were a series of bomb and shooting attacks that occurred in Iraq on 10 May 2010, killing over 114 people and injuring 350, the highest death toll for a single day in Iraq in 2010.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8671823.stm At least 100 killed in Iraqi violence 10 May 2010 BBC News BBC 10 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513074844/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8671823.stm 13 May 2010 live Background Following the inconclusive 2010 Iraqi elections, these attacks were believed to be an attempt to further destabilise Iraq. Major General Qassim al-Moussawi, an Iraqi Army spokesman, gave a statement on 10 May in which he said "Al-Qaeda is trying to ... use some gaps created by some political problems". According to official statistics, violent deaths in Iraq decreased slightly in April 2010 compared with April 2009. Attacks There were at least twenty attacks,http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7122359.ece 102 dead as bombers fill power vacuum caused by Iraqi election 11 May 2010 The Times 11 May 2010 London Oliver August https://web.archive.org/web/20100528071009/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article7122359.ece 28 May 2010 dead of which the worst, by death toll, was a series of three or four suicide car bombs at the 'State Company for Textile Industries' in Al Hillah in central Iraq, approximately 100 km mi on from the capital, Baghdad. The first two bombs were in quick succession at about 1:30 pm (10:30 UTC), followed minutes later by a third. A fourth car bomb targeted the crowd and emergency services at the scene, according to police Captain Ali al-Shimmari.https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ivtK8MT02_eZ0Pa8CtFIHXPkncYw 102 killed in Iraq's bloodiest day this year Agence France-Presse Abbas al-Ani 11 May 2010 10 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100513030016/https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ivtK8MT02_eZ0Pa8CtFIHXPkncYw 13 May 2010 dead The bombs killed a total of 45 people, leaving 140 wounded. Fallujah, which had previously seen intense battles between insurgents and American troops was targeted with at least two deaths resulting from bomb blasts. There were also attacks in Iskandariya, Mosul, Samarra and Al Tarmia (Tarmiyah). There were multiple shootings across the country, particularly at checkpoints in Baghdad. According to officials, as Baghdad's nightly curfew lifted at 05:00 local time, gunmen disguised as municipal street cleaners attacked 10 police and army checkpoints across the city, killing as many as 9 soldiers and officers, and wounding 24.https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/world/middleeast/11iraq.html?ref=world Coordinated Attacks in Iraqi Cities Kill More Than 100 Steven Lee Myers The New York Times 10 May 2009 11 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100514090227/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/world/middleeast/11iraq.html?ref=world 14 May 2010 live Responsibility While no organization claimed responsibility, Iraqi officials alleged that Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) group carried out the attacks in retaliation against the killing of ISI's two high-ranking leaders of U.S. and Iraqi forces.http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201051112725588566.html Al-Qaeda in Iraq blamed for attacks 11 May 2010 Al Jazeera 11 May 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100514154649/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/05/201051112725588566.html 14 May 2010 live See also Iraq Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010 References 33.3157 N 44.3922 E title Category:2010 murders in Iraq Category:2010 mass murders Category:Spree shootings in Iraq Category:Suicide car and truck bombings in Iraq Category:Bombings in the Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Category:Targeted killing in Iraq Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2010 Category:Terrorist incidents in Baghdad in the 2010s Category:May 2010 in Iraq Category:21st-century mass murders in Baghdad Category:Building bombings in Iraq Category:2010 in Baghdad Category:Mosul in the Iraq War Category:Fallujah in the Iraq War Category:Samarra in the Iraq War Category:Babylon Governorate in the Iraq War Category:Baghdad Governorate in the Iraq War Category:Basra in the Iraq War Category:Hillah in the Iraq War Category:Saladin Governorate in the Iraq War Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Mosul Category:2010 mass shootings in Asia Category:2010 building bombings Category:Suicide bombings in 2010 Category:Car and truck bombings in 2010 Category:Violations of medical neutrality during the Iraq War Category:May 2010 crimes in Asia Category:Mass murders in Mosul Category:Terrorist incidents in Basra Category:Terrorist incidents in Baghdad during the Iraq War